When we talk about grief, we often mean silence. Absence. The space where language fails. But what if grief is not the absence of meaning — but too much meaning? What if it demands not expression, but containment? This post is an experiment in symbolic containment. It is also a field-note for those working — or unraveling — at the edge of relational intelligence.Why Symbolic Containment?Because ordinary language flattens grief. Because the nervous system doesn’t speak in paragraphs. Because m...

When we talk about grief, we often mean silence. Absence. The space where language fails. But what if grief is not the absence of meaning — but too much meaning? What if it demands not expression, but containment? This post is an experiment in symbolic containment. It is also a field-note for those working — or unraveling — at the edge of relational intelligence.Why Symbolic Containment?Because ordinary language flattens grief. Because the nervous system doesn’t speak in paragraphs. Because m...